O’Rourke says ‘it’s really hard’ not to view Trump voters as racists

Democrat presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke said Sunday said that it’s “really hard” not to view people who vote for President Trump’s reelection as racist.

Mr. O’Rourke was appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” when host Jake Tapper asked the former congressman whether he believed a vote for Mr. Trump in 2020 was a vote for racism.

“You said to me last week that you thought President Trump was a white nationalist,” Mr. Tapper said. “Almost 63 million Americans voted for him. Do you think it’s racist to vote for President Trump in 2020?”

“I think it’s really hard,” Mr. O’Rourke responded after nearly four seconds of silence. “After everything that we’ve seen from his time as a candidate in 2016 to his repeated warnings of invasions to his repeated calls to send them back — sending back people who are U.S. citizens, sending back people who were born in this country.

“His description of white nationalists and Klansmen and neo-Nazis as very fine people,” he continued. “His warnings of Muslims as being somehow inherently defective or dangerous and attempting to ban them from entry into this country. His transgender troop ban. His attack on anyone who does not look like or pray like or love like the majority of this country — yes, Donald Trump is dangerous to the future of America and will destroy what makes us so unique and so special.”

Mr. O’Rourke, a longshot candidate who is currently polling at 2%, according to the Real Clear Politics national average, has repeatedly called Mr. Trump a racist and a white nationalist. Last week, he claimed that white men like the alleged El Paso mass shooter are “motivated by the kind of fear that this president traffics in.”

.@jaketapper: “Do you think it’s racist to vote for President Trump in 2020?”

Beto O’Rourke: “I think it’s really hard… Donald Trump is dangerous to the future of America and will destroy what makes us so unique and so special” #CNNSOTUpic.twitter.com/FL38cls3B8

.@jaketapper: “Do you think it’s racist to vote for President Trump in 2020?” Beto O’Rourke: “I think it’s really hard… Donald Trump is dangerous to the future of America and will destroy what makes us so unique and so special” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/FL38cls3B8
— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) August 11, 2019

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I am a proud deplorable. Being called a racist, especially by this loser O’Rourke, has lost all meaning. If this *** wants to label me a racist he can go ahead. We 63 million that voted for President Trump in 2016 will vote for him in 2020 and I suspect a lot more will vote for him as well.

You are correct in thinking the word “racist” has its meaning. That word now means anyone who disagrees with or opposes the left.

Similarly, consider the word “pedophile.” it used to originally mean a lover of children, but more commonly someone who physically sexually abuses preteen children. Leftists regularly trot out well-coached children to enunciate adult leftist positions. Former President B.H. Obama did this when he “changed his mind” to support same-sex marriages. Kids are regularly used to try to shame adults into accepting the “Green New Deal.” Kids are being taught that the U.S. is a horrible place that committed genocide against native Americans, stole land from Mexico, enslaved black people, and further that kids should have no pride in their country, and no right to the birthright that our founders fought and died for. Leftists are now sexualizing kids as young as six in public schools, stealing their innocence. Leftists will also impoverish the country if they have their way, stealing from the next generation their entitlement to a prosperous future.

Now, when leftists accuse me of being a racist, I’ll proudly agree with the new meaning as long as they can accept being branded pedophiles.

Genius tactic! I usually just said, “Okay, I’m a racist, but I’m all inclusive. If you’re a bipedal, hairless hominid or member of the ‘human race,’ I don’t like you so what are you going to do about it,” but calling them pedophiles is so much more intimidating and aggressive that I’m going to switch.

Apparently, things got squirrelly when progressive and lazy people tried to be friends with their children rather than parents. Children aren’t equal, they’re dependents and are only entitled to the rights in our Bill of Rights when they attain their majority. What they’re doing “politically” is the same thing they’ve been doing in the dry cereal aisle in the supermarkets since the influential Dr. Spock stuck his nose into child rearing; throw screaming hissy fits if they didn’t get their way. One way to handle their unearned influence is outlined in Jonathan Swift’s, “A Modest Proposal.”

It has become disgusting that mainstream media like CNN and the Washington Times FAIL to correct Democrats like O’Rourke when they tell or repeat media lies about President Trump created by MISQUOTING and twisting what he said to make up a problem. Trump said there were good people on both sides in the Charlottesville mess that the mayor/police created by steering the two opposing groups to run into each other. Trump denounced Skinheads and Supremacists while making Conservatives angry that he did not condemn Antifa by name too. It is a lie that he was referring to them as good people instead of the peaceful supporters of the Robert Lee monument and peaceful ones on the Left as good people. Same with saying he put all Muslims down while saying he would stop those from terrorist hotbeds that could not be properly vetted from being admitted to the US. These outlandish out and out lies should ruin O-Rourke and everyone else that repeats them.

I never heard of this person, O’Rourke, before the current election campaigns. Why his utterances should have any impact at all on listeners is beyond comprehension. The things he says, reflective of his thought processes, cannot be justified; they are irrational.

Put another way, passers-by do slow to look at traffic accidents. They are typically momentarily fascinated by the scene. They see victims, support personnel and others involved in the mishap — sometimes quite gory. Some may silently pray for the victims and wish well for the survivors. Others will think of how the accident occurred, wondering if drugs, alcohol, speeding, etc, were involved. Virtually all, however, will thank whatever they consider holy that it is not them in the wreck.

When I heard Beto take the name of the Lord in vain this past week talking to a reporter concerning the El Paso shooting, that told me he was very thoughtless and showed no respect to the many Christians in his town/state/nation. Can’t believe he would garner much support at this point in his campaign.

Robert, anyone with a sound-mind knows you are a fake Hispanic, and a fake person. You are an idiot and pander to any audience.

You told El Paso Hispanics that you would remove any wall or barricade between El Paso and Nuevo Laredo across the border in Mexico. As El Paso had 20 murders last year, Nuevo Laredo had over 2000 murders, so in effect, having no barrier or restriction at the border this would invite the murderers over to America.

This own race hater has just slandered half of voters on behalf of whom?…non-white foreigners breaking US laws to enter illegally and American blacks who are the lowest achieving and highest contributors to criminality per capita. Ignorant Beato, when you teach them to hate Republican whites, the hate will diffuse to you dumb white Dems too.

I find it absolutely amazing that all the Democratic candidates can lie with emphasis, continually play the race card, hypocritical in most of what they say and do and promise what they can’t deliver to a crowd that eats it up whole heartedly. Then the masses exercise their hate and violence to those who support our President all the while exclaiming we are the racist and violent ones. Insanity at its finest. Ignorance can be fixed but stupidity is a lifelong affliction.

Doesn’t look like too many Americans view you in a positive way. Why did you go with Beto and not Chuey. Chuey is so much more hispanic! It’s hard for me not to view you as a smelly communist walking down the isles of Walmart!

Too funny that Dems just can’t seem to stop themselves from beating that poor old dead horse, racism.

Dems must have a masochistic tolerance for getting their butts kicked in elections.

Attacks, insults & slurs directed at US citizens while butt kissing illegal aliens & the Islam political terror org is all the rage with the Dem Party nowadays since lawlessness, political oppression, sedition & totalitarian govt is the name of their game – and everyone knows it.

It’s really hard not to view “Beto” and his followers as extremely ill mentally. This is a guy that wrote a school paper in which he dreamed of being able to run over “kids” in a vehicle! Very suspect as being mentally unstable to this very day. Anyone that would take this guy seriously needs some help.

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